And I plan to stick to it. If I can snowboard well, I feel like this can’t be all that different. Growing up in Telluride (where many wrote the zip code as sk81435), you just had to hit the slopes. Being in Portland, I’ve learned to bike well, and now I’m ready for a new sport. A sport that can pack in a small bag and fit in the overhead bin on a plane.

Plus, I’ve always found ladies who skate sexy, and I’m ready to join the club. With wrist guards at first. And I don’t plan to do any tricks, just get from point A to point B with a few curbs between.

One of my coworkers runs a snowboarding club at Mt Hood, and offered to take me out skating (or sk8ing as she put it) a bit. Plus, there’s a ladies skate night at Dept. of Skateboarding here in town. So it’s all matching up. Now I just need this cute mock neck sweatshirt by Nikita (sold at Zumiez, no less!), and I’ll be on my way.

Favorite moment: Just before 1 minute in, the lady in purple being a tiger. Is everyone this attractive at British weddings? Sign me up.

Via A Cup of Jo, who is wisely cornering the wedding/relationship market writing about 30 somethings.

Right at the door someone in the 150 or so people that didn’t get in, a deep angry stupid male voice, was belting “where are those people that cut?! Where’s that woman?” at which point I discreetly removed my tell-tale pink hat and studied the wall and picked at my fingernails and thought invisible thoughts.

It’s a movie I wouldn’t have seen otherwise, and I’m glad I went. My one big criticism is this: If I was from the future, and had been waiting 25 years for revenge, I would have thought up some killer comebacks and zingers. My dialogue would be fantastic and cutting and oozing evil. Ahem.

But the big news: Spock is a total fox.

True. I couldn’t stop looking at him. Also: Star Trek’s communication device inspired flip phones.

Later that night my friend Audrey talked me into going to see Starfucker, which seemed like a perfect conclusion to the day. However, Holocene had sold out just before we got there so I had to call in a favor to Jess Fucking P, who very kindly got us both in for free. The opening opener was a guy called Mattress, who was lounge-core weird and appealing in a way Audrey aptly called David Lynch-ian.

Super fun day, friends.

There was talk among the guys of going to Enchanted Forest theme park, which I really hope happens.

Wait, one more:

RRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwrrrrr.

There were no plot giveaways. That just seems mean.

Rings in silver ($395), 18k gold ($1290) or platinum (cost depends on size) are laser cut with the sound waves of your choice, including these: the waves of each partner saying “I do”, the names of the engaged spoken by each other, the sound of a church bell…whatever you want. (Someone’s I do’s are shown above.) My friend just wrote to say that Shimizu sends instructions for recording on your home computer using Audactiy, a free program. So practice away!

For those without weddings in the future, you can get rings, brooches, necklaces and earrings cut with anything, too, either in negative or positive. Suggestions include a giggle, the word WOW, or a sneeze.

Here’s the giggle necklace, my personal favorite. I love the idea of wearing it and having people ask, what’s that? Why, it’s the sound of my laughter! Tee hee!

Bonus: Shimizu also makes necklaces from rubber and silver that look like they’re swinging with your motion: